Publications by authors named "Vasanth Mark Samuel"
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- The PRECINCT study is a multicenter analysis of surgical documentation and disease incidence in patients with peritoneal tumors, focusing on the surgical peritoneal cancer index (sPCI) and its variations across centers.
- Among 707 enrolled patients from September 2020 to December 2021, the study found that different morphological terminologies were used to describe peritoneal lesions, with the most common being "normal peritoneum," "tumor nodules," and "confluent disease."
- The research revealed that the incidence of pathologically confirmed disease was higher in cases with more severe lesion scores and suggested that using frozen section analysis could be beneficial, indicating the need for larger studies correlating imaging and pathology.
Background: The role of gastrectomy to achieve complete cytoreduction (CCR) for pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is controversial due to uncertain risk/benefit ratio. The outcomes of patients who gastrectomy over a twenty-year period in a high-volume unit are reported.
Methods: All patients requiring gastrectomy to achieve CCR for appendiceal PMP between 2000 and 2020 were reviewed.
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- Diabetes-related foot ulcers (DFU) in the Asian Indian population lead to high rates of amputation (43.4%) and recurrence (42.4%), with many recurrences occurring on the same side as the initial ulcer.
- Among 200 patients studied, key findings include a median age of 62, a median duration of diabetes of 15 years, and differing mortality rates based on healing versus amputation status, with higher mortality in amputees over a 10-year follow-up.
- The study highlights that the risk of subsequent amputations is significantly higher for patients with a history of prior amputations, emphasizing the need for better long-term care and management of DFU in
Unlabelled: To report a case series of patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) from urachal mucinous neoplasm (UMN) treated with CRS and HIPEC at a high-volume referral centre, along with an updated literature review. Retrospective review of cases treated between 2000 and 2021. A literature review using MEDLINE and Google Scholar databases was performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo compare inter-rater, intra-rater and inter-system reliability of modified House-Brackmann and Sunnybrook grading systems. The study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital with a single cohort of 20 patients and 3 raters. The patients, eligible to be included for the study, were those over 18 years of age planned for nerve sparing parotidectomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhyllodes tumour is a rapidly growing neoplasm with a propensity to involve the entire breast tissue. In large tumours, the treatment comprises a wide local excision or a mastectomy. A woman in her 20s from rural India presented with complaints of a recurrent left breast lump.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssessment of laparoscopic instrument reprocessing in rural India: a mixed methods study.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
July 2021
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- Laparoscopy offers benefits like quicker recovery and fewer infections, making it ideal for patients in low to middle income countries, but there are challenges in sterile processing due to limited resources.
- A study in rural India evaluated the effectiveness of sterilisation methods for laparoscopic instruments and found that hospitals had not updated their reprocessing practices since adopting laparoscopy.
- The research used a standardized observational checklist and interviews with medical staff to assess current practices, revealing that outdated methods for regular surgical instruments were still in use for laparoscopic tools.
Amyand's Hernia: Case Report -Current Dilemma in Diagnosis and Management.
J Clin Diagn Res
February 2015
Amyand's hernia is an extremely rare condition, often misdiagnosed as a strangulated inguinal hernia, in which the inguinal hernial sac contains the vermiform appendix. It is often a surgical surprise. The reported incidence is approximately 1% of all adult inguinal hernia cases.
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